U.S. Air Force graphic by 2nd Lt. Stephanie Strine Diamond Notes is a monthly column from the 27th Special Operations Wing’s first sergeants. The first sergeant is the senior enlisted member of a unit and reports directly to the commander as the chief adviser concerning the enlisted force. He or she is responsible for morale, […]

March 1, 1950: The Portales Daily News: Nine-year-old Maurice Beard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eastham, who received a brain concussion in falling from a horse Saturday, is reported improving and may be able to come home tomorrow. The young man has been receiving treatment in a Lubbock hospital.

On Presidents Day tomorrow, I will honor our presidents with their favorite pastime — golfing. The occasion also makes me contemplate what to tell the Mission Manor Nursing Home caregivers in my east Texas hometown of Mt. Vernon, Texas —after I eventually move in to sharpen my domino skills — on why I never became […]

Thank the powers that control cable TV for the weather channel. No, I am serious. Because of those powers, whoever they may be, we know how to plan our post Thanksgiving weekend. As I type this, it is a chilly 33 degrees outside and I have been dreading the concept of hanging the lights tomorrow. […]

Portales Daily News: Steel for the new Portales Hotel was being unloaded at the building site today, and steel riggers are due here tomorrow to start work. Most of the brick and tile for the four-story, 60-room structure was on the ground.

According to the Portales Daily Tribune, Portales business and home owners are reminded that tomorrow, Friday, is New Mexico Statehood Day and all are urged to fly flags in the commemoration of New Mexico’s joining the union as a state.

The day after tomorrow wouldn’t be a good day to plan the perfect crime in Portales. Around 200 sheriffs and police department personnel from around Eastern New Mexico and Western Texas will be here for the semi-annual meeting of their association.

Local forecast: Partly cloudy, occasionally windy and cool today. Cloudy tonight and tomorrow. A few showers today and tonight. Few snow showers tomorrow. Much colder tomorrow and windy again during the afternoon. Low tonight 40, high tomorrow 52.

The Roosevelt County Commission meets 9 a.m. Tuesday in the County Courthouse. The agenda includes recommendations from the Tomorrow’s Leaders Youth Town Hall Forum, an application for a COPS grant and budget adjustments for an increase in the clerk user fee and allocation of sheriff’s seizure funds.